Training
MRSPAG coordinates a number of different training sessions to provide our community with the knowledge and skills to support each other when we are struggling with our mental wellbeing or having suicidal thoughts. Please email info@mrspag.com.au if you are interested in attending any of the training.
Book a speaker
MRSPAG Speakers’ Bureau provides organisations with a professionally trained Speaker who will motivate and inspire audiences to actively support suicide prevention.
MRSPAG Speakers’ Bureau have a ‘lived experience of suicide’.
A lived experience of suicide is defined by Suicide Prevention Australia as having: experienced suicidal thoughts, survived a suicide attempt, cared for someone who has attempted suicide, been bereaved by suicide or been touched by suicide in another way.
Our Speakers help to:
Improve the community’s understanding of suicide
Correct myths and stereotypes about suicide
Reduce fear, shame and stigma associated with suicide
Encourage people to seek support if they are experiencing suicidal thoughts or if they are concerned about someone
Our Speakers share their story using evidence-based safe messaging to reduce the likelihood of causing distress to audience members.
If you’d like to have a Speaker at your event, meeting or organisation, please contact info@mrspag.com.au
Online Supports
There are a selection of online resources to help people start conversations about mental health and suicide:
Conversations matter: Resources for talking about suicide
In-depth resources which cover different types of conversations:
- group discussions about suicide prevention
- talking to someone you are worried about, who may be thinking about suicide
- community conversations following a suicide
- talking to someone who may have lost someone to suicide
- telling a child about a suicide
Lifeline - 3 steps to prevent suicide
Simple steps on how to respond if you think someone is suicidal.
Lifeline – Toolkit: Helping someone at risk of suicide
In-depth resource on how to help someone you are worried about, expands on the 3 steps approach.
Holding onto Hope is a podcast series from Lifeline Australia, in which people who have come through the darkness of suicidality share the connection that gave them hope to continue living.
R U Ok?
Simple steps on how to talk to someone you are concerned about. Includes tips on how to respond if they say they are not ok. Includes helpful tip sheet at the bottom and other resources.
Beyond Blue - Suicide Safety Planning
Beyond Now (from Beyond Blue) is an app you can use to make a step-by-step plan to help you stay safe in those times when you're overwhelmed and are having thoughts of suicide.
Operation Life Online
Suicide prevention website developed by the Department of Veterans' Affairs which aims to raise awareness among, and provide strategies for, veterans, ex-serving personnel and their families.
Mindframe media and public speaking guides
A Mindframe guide for consumers and carers
The guide contains practical information for consumers and carers to support their work with the media. It provides some advice on the best way to share personal stories – whether this is in a media interview or a public speaking opportunity.
A guide for media on reporting suicide
This guide aims to provide some practical tips on safe ways to discuss this challenging area, to ensure any risks are managed whilst increasing the community understanding of suicide. It is important to talk about suicide.